Us kids at the time. What could be so bad they couldn't show it? Why was Count Iblis afraid of it? Did Apollo seriously just call Iblis the Devil? What THE FRACK does Iblis turn into when Apollo shoots him? Was the crashed ship the Pegasus?
I can look up production notes now, but not back in 1979. What they actually didn't show in the crash was a corpse with hooved legs, a demon. Reports vary: they didn't show it either because it was way too on-the-nose religiously, or it was simply a lousy looking prop. Who knows?
But, ironically, just like Jaws of the same era, NOT showing it made a far greater impression than showing it would.
Also, it wasn't intended to be believed that the wreckage was the Pegasus. It was just a throwaway comment about the scale of the wreck. But considering Sheba was the daughter of Commander Cain of the Pegasus, it sure seemed like the intent. We all assumed that Apollo and Starbuck had found the BODY of Cain, and that's why they didn't want her to look.
Intended or not, in an already freaky cool episode, there was a whole lot here to wonder about.
This one also has a very solid coda: Apollo: I don't remember anything after challenging Iblis. Adama: You challenged Count Iblis... and won? Sheba: No, he challenged Count Iblis- and lost.
Of course the 78-79 show pales in technical merits to the remake, but in wonder and mystery, not at all.
I can look up production notes now, but not back in 1979. What they actually didn't show in the crash was a corpse with hooved legs, a demon. Reports vary: they didn't show it either because it was way too on-the-nose religiously, or it was simply a lousy looking prop. Who knows?
But, ironically, just like Jaws of the same era, NOT showing it made a far greater impression than showing it would.
Also, it wasn't intended to be believed that the wreckage was the Pegasus. It was just a throwaway comment about the scale of the wreck. But considering Sheba was the daughter of Commander Cain of the Pegasus, it sure seemed like the intent. We all assumed that Apollo and Starbuck had found the BODY of Cain, and that's why they didn't want her to look.
Intended or not, in an already freaky cool episode, there was a whole lot here to wonder about.
This one also has a very solid coda: Apollo: I don't remember anything after challenging Iblis. Adama: You challenged Count Iblis... and won? Sheba: No, he challenged Count Iblis- and lost.
Of course the 78-79 show pales in technical merits to the remake, but in wonder and mystery, not at all.